Proto-South Dravidian : *vajr_-
Meaning : empty
Tamil : ver_u (ver_r_- before vowels in cpds.)
Tamil meaning : empty, etc.
Tamil derivates : ver_umai emptiness, vapidness, profitlessness, uselessness, ignorance, poverty, quality of being umixed or pure; ver_i (-pp-, -tt-) to become empty as a place devoid of inhabitants, clear away as clouds; n. (also ver_iccu) emptiness as of a place devoid of inhabitants; ver_itu emptiness, uselessness, futility, stupidity; ver_ippu famine; ver_iyan_ empty, destitute person; ver_uman_ worthlessness; ver_uman_ē in vain, without advantage, without doing anything, idly; ver_r_a-ver_itu absolute worthlessness; ver_r_ar_ poor people, worthless persons; ver_r_imai emptiness, barrenness, bareness; var_aḷ emptiness; var_umai poverty, emptiness, helpless loneliness, difficulty; var_itu that which is small or insignificant, wothlessness, defect, poverty, emptiness
Malayalam : ver_u
Malayalam meaning : asunder, void of, empty, bare
Malayalam derivates : ver_utē for nothing, uselessly, for mere pleasure, idly, gratis; ver_uma emptiness; ver_r_an destitute, poor; var_u empty
Kannada : bar_e, bar_i, bar_u, bar_a, bar_ahu, bar_aḍu, baraḍu, baḍḍu, bar_apa
Kannada meaning : emptiness
Kannada derivates : (PBh.) bar_ide for nothing, without cause; battale, bettale bareness, nakedness
Kodagu : bari
Kodagu meaning : only, merely
Tulu : baji
Tulu meaning : empty, mere, only; vain, useless, false
Tulu derivates : battalè, (B-K) bētalụ naked
Notes : Kannada battale not quite clear (borrowing from a Tulu dialect?)
Number in DED : 5513
